And in an ironic twist, Owen, who wrapped up the Fujitsu V8 Series for Greg Murphy Racing, replaces his out-going team boss Greg Murphy.

With Castrol withdrawing its support of the PMM team, the details of the entry’s new major backer will be released soon.

David Reynolds talks to Scott Dixon and Rick Kelly

For Reynolds, he is expected to be confirmed as the driver of the #16 Kelly Racing seat, replacing Tony Ricciardello.

Reynolds spent the majority of the 2010 season on the sidelines, contracted to Walkinshaw Racing. He competed with the Toll Holden Racing Team at the V8 endurance races at Phillip Island and Bathurst alongside Will Davison. The pair was on course to score a podium until Davison crashed his Commodore heavily at the top of the mountain.

Beyond these two ‘yet to be announced’ seats, there are two more drivers that need to be locked away – the #8 Team BOC drive and the #18 Jim Beam Racing entry.

The start of Race 25 at the Sydney Telstra 500

As reported in this morning’s earlier story, Brad Jones Racing has declared it needs to find a short or long term replacement for the ill Jason Richards. CLICK HERE to see that story.

For the #18 Jim Beam drive, outgoing FPR driver Steve Richards has been touted as a replacement for new V8 champ James Courtney, who is heading to the Toll Holden Racing Team next year.

Other drivers suggested as drivers for the #8 and #18 seats include David Besnard, James Moffat, David Russell and Andrew Thompson.

Also, the field will be reduced to 28-cars next year, with confirmation that the #10 racing Entitlements Contract has been purchased by V8 Supercars Australia from Walkinshaw Racing.

See below for a non-provisional entry 28-car list for the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship.

1

Toll Holden Racing Team

Walkinshaw Performance

James Courtney

2

Toll Holden Racing Team

Walkinshaw Performance

Garth Tander

3

Centaur Racing

Bellmont Nominees

Tony D’Alberto

4

Irwin Racing

Stone Brothers Racing

Alex Davison

5

Orrcon Steel FPR Falcon

Prodrive Racing (Aust) Pty Ltd

Mark Winterbottom

6

Trading Post FPR Falcon

Prodrive Racing (Aust) Pty Ltd

Will Davison

7

Jack Daniel’s Racing

Motorsport Holdings

Todd Kelly

8

Team BOC

Brad Jones Racing

–

9

SP Tools Racing

Stone Brothers Racing

Shane Van Gisbergen

11

Rock Racing

Perkins Engineering

Jason Bargwanna

12

–

Triple F Racing

Dean Fiore

14

–

Brad Jones Racing

Jason Bright

15

Jack Daniel’s Racing

Motorsport Holdings

Rick Kelly

16

–

Perkins Engineering

David Reynolds

17

Jim Beam Racing

Dick Johnson Racing

Steven Johnson

18

Jim Beam Racing

Dick Johnson Racing

–

19

Tekno Autosport

Stephen John Webb

Jonathon Webb

21

Fair Dinkum Homes & Sheds Racing

Britek Racing

Karl Reindler

24

–

Walkinshaw Performance

Fabian Coulthard

30

Gulf Western Oil Racing

Lucas Dumbrell Investments

Warren Luff

33

Fujitsu Racing/GRM

Garry Rogers Motorsport

Lee Holdsworth

34

Fujitsu Racing/GRM

Garry Rogers Motorsport

Michael Caruso

39

Supercheap Auto Racing

Nemo Racing Pty Ltd

Russell Ingall

47

–

J R Racing

Tim Slade

51

–

Nemo Racing Pty Ltd

Steve Owen

55

The Bottle-O Racing Team

Rod Nash Racing Pty Ltd

Paul Dumbrell

88

TeamVodafone

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Jamie Whincup

888

TeamVodafone

Triple Eight Race Engineering

Craig Lowndes

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